From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51A113877A for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:55:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3EA01E0D22; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:55:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 465F8E0CD3 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:55:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f181.google.com with SMTP id bs8so2341050wib.2 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:55:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type; bh=eD2fPxoZQuKueYd1b+gLZtkZTJYWPDBhT74p0o4oBSU=; b=ANckok4h2NKlfQS8K84/zxihl2tZAcm78rm0Oi06dhUhfMkym1fUXT9tlhFovzTSAc aqafD9US+CfjJFvhfqusus0606jLZ9SiiHaEvqjE/uPNlMxLmiZW1p2UpxwqNw+RvCXj iKQJPoapWq8byeMngT0g1X9t+VKEtSP43n2n5jL2ZCJaET8f5HeSRUIuRBx2RcJ2ulJl 1JbG0LdUoMi+kr+gF+e5wVOaJVAsDL1Rn8+zhfjEqEryXywOpnQwEp6Ip1dmjJbEfMVZ x0pNj9LzocHqvx4zBQgRMxIGMaXV1Y0pzUZVj3CMi3dl5jZiLj5/unXvpeTdgQIYaP74 xBsQ== X-Received: by 10.194.142.148 with SMTP id rw20mr30578728wjb.69.1406386502951; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:55:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc2-broo7-2-0-cust637.14-2.cable.virginm.net. [86.11.186.126]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id x11sm1248043wjr.15.2014.07.26.07.55.02 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:55:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:54:54 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: don't rely on dynamic deps Message-ID: <20140726155454.7f7ad9f4@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <53CD6BED.10603@gentoo.org> <201407212153.04605.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <20140721205527.142cb3d5@googlemail.com> <1405976767.1013.9.camel@gentoo.org> <20140723143325.031947fb@googlemail.com> <20140726134455.44cf518f@googlemail.com> <20140726142023.7dc9e12b@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.24; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/Pd2aB0efdRrn7VbsOu.YUK0"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 54379b5b-4d85-4530-a201-3a980de49c16 X-Archives-Hash: 384fd157165bd0b982ad30e37f6980f4 --Sig_/Pd2aB0efdRrn7VbsOu.YUK0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:46:42 +0000 (UTC) Martin Vaeth wrote: > Yes, both concepts have problems. The problems are of a different kind. Static dependencies don't do something that you want them to do. Dynamic dependencies are outright broken. > Since neither solution is perfect, why choose the one > with unnecessary rebuilds? We are picking the *correct* solution, not the one that sometimes hides an occasional inconvenience (but unreliably) at the expense of being utterly broken. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/Pd2aB0efdRrn7VbsOu.YUK0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlPTwUQACgkQ96zL6DUtXhGtSwCePs+Yj4fcVPYjheF7ur3gETiJ LFoAoJ9dR1NFQ2AsoBsVW6coODMQFuk1 =Q8jD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Pd2aB0efdRrn7VbsOu.YUK0--